This chart from Statista, shows that Samsung is destroying Apple in the war for smartphone dominance.
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Romney continues to hold a small advantage in the national polling average, but Mr Obama has the edge in the electoral college and that is where it matters. He would win 332 electoral-college votes if the election were held today to the Republican’s 206. Thanks to The Economist for this chart.
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Since that infamous video was posted online in July, it has steadily grown and currently boasts a jaw-dropping 532m YouTube views (see chart). At roughly four minutes of video, that amounts to 36m hours of phantom horseback-riding dance moves, which equates to 4,100 continuous years.
Thanks to The Economist
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Given that the UK has been in recession since 2008, why isn’t UK unemployment – currently at 2.5 million – closer to 3.5 million, like back in the recession of the 1990s?
It’s a question lots of economists have pondered.
The answer seems to be wage restraint. The above chart from the Office of National Statistics shows real household income per head in the UK today compared with the last recession. As you can see, wages have been held in check.
Meanwhile, the chart below shows the UK rate of inflation; the cost of living has gone up.
Result? Less unemployment than expected. As this chart below of the UK quarterly unemployment rate demonstrates.
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UK GDP grew 1.0% in Q3. This was much higher than the 0.6% gain forecast by economists.
This is the fastest pace of growth since Q3 2007.
The service sector grew by 1.3% and industrial output increased by 1.1%. Construction fell 2.5%.
Olympic ticket sales added 0.2 percentage points to GDP, reports World First.
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Facebook stock just jumped 24% in pre market trading in the US.
Why? Facebook has demonstrated it can be a very big business on mobile where everything is heading (see chart).
After generating $0 dollars in mobile ad revenues during the first quarter and an immaterial amount during the second quarter, Facebook today announced that 14 percent of its advertising revenue came from mobile ads in Q3 2012.
That’s $152.6 million – $610.4 million a year.
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Our good friends at Statista point out that according to studies, almost 50 million Americans will be using their phones to make in-store purchases by 2016
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Goldman’s Global Leading Indicator (GLI) is showing its first rise all year, while QE3 is helping drive momentum in the US economy. (See below chart).
Mobile is disrupting everything, says Business Insider.
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